PERFORMING ARTS
314 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, PDF
Trade Paper, $19.99 (US $19.99) (CA $25.99)
Publication Date: May 2024
ISBN 9781641607681
Rights: WOR
Chicago Review Press (May 2024)
eBook Editions Available
Will it work on my eReader?“How did a harrowing tale of Hollywood child abuse turn into the camp movie of the 1980s? A. Ashley Hoff takes you through it, offering painstaking research and expert dissection—and I can’t say I’m mad at the dirt.” —Michael Musto, Village Voice
“The old saying says, ‘Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan,’ but Hoff has managed to track down the many parents of one of the cinema’s most legendary (and watchable) fiascos. Dishy and thoroughly researched, this page-turner takes us deep inside a movie that wrecked careers and reputations while launching a thousand midnight screenings.” —Alonso Duralde, author of Hollywood Pride
“In this outrageously entertaining expose, A. Ashley Hoff brilliantly disentangles the glamorous mess of Hollywood narcissism without ever losing sight of the abused child at the center of it all. A compelling archeological dig into the hysterical and too often horrifying history of Mommie Dearest—the book, the movie, the monsters.” —Ann Magnuson, artist, actress, and writer
“This is the book all of us Mommie Dearest obsessed fans have been waiting for! It’s a fascinating and rare look into the making of a cult classic, soup to nuts! With Love, Mommie Dearest comes highly recommended by me because I am one of its FAAAAANS!!” —Peaches Christ, filmmaker and cohost of the Midnight Mass podcast